Reply to post: Re: "Every compatible mobile phone or tablet in range of a mast ..."

Post-lunch snooze plans dashed as the UK tests its Emergency Alerts... again

Dan 55 Silver badge

Re: "Every compatible mobile phone or tablet in range of a mast ..."

Phones and tablets connected to a 2G or 3G network will not receive emergency alerts.

Why not? I thought emergency alerts was the new non-specific anxiety-inducing name for the old cell broadcast, which we all had on our chocolate-bar Nokias.

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